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Coffee of Doom

Library

The Secret Bakery

At Hannermoms corporate hq

On Hannerdads space station

As Svens assistant

For Marigolds dad

The pizza place that employ(ed) Penny and Dale

The bookstore that employed Penny

The Horrible Revelation bar with Wil

The other bar

Martens old work

The Irony cafe

That place in the mall with the chassis

The roomba factory

The LANpark

Someplace else not mentioned.

[Platypodes]

Sam's well past the age where she'd need/desire an extra parent in the full sense of the term most likely. So I don't think that's really a consideration. I have no doubt that Sam would appreciate another woman around besides our favorite staff of sassy baristas to get life advice from, and Veronica certainly isn't shy about giving advice when asked, but it wouldn't be "parenting" in the involved sense of raising your offspring for 18 or so years.

Jim struggles to keep Sam under control despite being a pretty firm, take-no-nonsense dad. I wonder if Veronica's dom voice would do the trick with her...

[westrim]

Nah, vanilla just means plain, ordinary, original, unmodified, basic, standard, and so on. Some people have a problem with that to different degrees for different reasons (I generally don't prefer the original version of any given food, Jeph gets bird tattoos, etc.), and it can get equated with boring or uninventive, but in general it is a neutral term.

The best vanilla ice cream I've ever had by a good distance is the Kirkland brand from Costco.

[ankhtahr]

Vanilla ice cream is great!

The term "vanilla" as I know it refers to anything unmodified/plain/normal. When playing video games there is often a difference between people playing the game "vanilla" or playing a largely modified version.

Note that the introductory statement is only in reference to ice cream. I am not talking about anything else. I'll neither speak about, nor confirm or deny any preferences in other topics.

[Loki]

That's okay ankh, we all know you are into smartphones

[ankhtahr]

I knew this post was a mistake…

[Method of Madness]

Ah, right, I've heard of people talking about vanilla Android. But vanilla ice cream doesn't make sense, because how is it unmodified? It has vanilla in it!

[ankhtahr]

It is in a way the most ordinary ice cream. Wherever you are, if they have ice cream, they most likely have vanilla ice cream.

[Method of Madness]

If they have vanilla, they will almost certainly have chocolate.

[cesium133]

mmm.... peanut butter swirl ice cream...

[celticgeek]

Just to make things more complicated, when I was in the jet engine business, we spoke of vanilla waspaloy.

[mtmerrick]

Ah, right, I've heard of people talking about vanilla Android. But vanilla ice cream doesn't make sense, because how is it unmodified? It has vanilla in it!

Make sure you don't confuse vanilla (aka ASOP-ish,  as-google-intended android) with stock Android (aka,  unmodified, out-of-the-box software).

People throw around the term "stock android" and it's often not used correctly.

[Method of Madness]

Well on a Nexus device, the "stock Android" is "vanilla Android", so I suppose it's accurate there.

[mtmerrick]

all these userterms-turned-quasi-official-terms are confusing, aren't they? 

[FunkyTuba]

One other nuance I enjoy about using "vanilla ice cream" as a metaphor for "plain": many other ice creams have a bit of vanilla in them as well. By itself it's one of the finest flavors, but it serves as a baseline for other, perhaps experimental flavors that might not be to everyone's taste. (Sure chocolate, but also neopolitan, rocky road, strawberry, chubby hubby, pistachio, mint chocolate chip, etc)

So IMO the metaphor works best when the subject being compared is just fine in its "vanilla" version, and can become something spectacular when extended or enhanced by creativity, even if that spectacularity is only fully appreciated by a small minority.

I don't intend the use of the term as a pejorative but I can see where someone into a "non-vanilla" scene might think to use it that way to derisively to describe someone who has never bothered to expand their horizons, especially if the vanilla person was hostile to whatever kink was involved.

[Method of Madness]

Makes sense.

[Loki]

Jeph says on Twitter he has migraine. Our best wishes to him.

[Valdís]

It is in a way the most ordinary ice cream.

Reminder that the saying has nothing to do with actual ice cream:

"Vainilla is from the diminutive of vaina, from the Latin vagina (sheath) to describe the way the pod must be split open to expose the seeds."

[Jynto]

Did anyone miss this?



The link next to Search always says the name assigned to the Google account you are currently using. For example, mine says +Jonty.

This could mean one of two things:
1) Veronica is using someone else's Google account.
2) Veronica has another pseudonym, ending in 'ph'. Steph? Jeph??
3) The Jeph we know is and has always been an alias of Veronica Reed. Think about it. Have you ever seen her and Jeph in the same room together?

[Loki]

I don't think I have seen you and Veronica in the same room together...

[Border Reiver]

The same could be said for yourself and Veronica, or almost any of us for that matter....

[Nepiophage]

But I'd like to be . .

[Method of Madness]

It is in a way the most ordinary ice cream.

Reminder that the saying has nothing to do with actual ice cream:

"Vainilla is from the diminutive of vaina, from the Latin vagina (sheath) to describe the way the pod must be split open to expose the seeds."

So vanilla sex is any sex that involves a vagina?

[Jynto]

The same could be said for yourself and Veronica, or almost any of us for that matter....

Pizza Girl.

[Valdís]

So vanilla sex is any sex that involves a vagina?

In the same sense that one might say "Intercourse in the missionary position for the purpose of reproduction" to describe lack of variety from what is common. Not literally that.

In any case I find it a largely useless term with loads of personal bias from whoever says it with regards to sex/romance. Less so in regards to unmodified applications, which I use it for too, but etymologically that's a weird use.

[Storel]

Try this - NSFW

I just want to say that this was hilarious.

That is all.

[GarandMarine]

So vanilla sex is any sex that involves a vagina?

In the same sense that one might say "Intercourse in the missionary position for the purpose of reproduction" to describe lack of variety from what is common. Not literally that.

It's hilarious to request in ERP circles though, or on 4chan, so much rage.

Try this - NSFW

My favorite ice cream (strawberry) matches me surprisingly well

[cesium133]

... I don't want to eat soft-serve anymore.

edit -- bonus points for the reference to the South Carolina governor scandal. 

[Loki]

why did i get four redirects on my phone to see the document.

unfortunately, I miss 90% of the references due to infamiliarity with the sorts involved.

[westrim]

So vanilla sex is any sex that involves a vagina?

In the same sense that one might say "Intercourse in the missionary position for the purpose of reproduction" to describe lack of variety from what is common. Not literally that.

It's hilarious to request in ERP circles though, or on 4chan, so much rage.

No, 4chan doesn't rage, it engages in mock horror at the perversion of consensual heterosexual sex in the missionary position. It's sometimes surprising how a mass of nameless and anarchic individuals can invoke the same false attitude for the sake of comedy without any breaking character.

My favorite ice cream (strawberry) matches me surprisingly well.

This is a forum, not a dating service! Although, the last ice cream I had before reading it was cake batter, which hits way too close at the moment. At least it wasn't the 4chan definition of cake.

[TinPenguin]

Try this - NSFW

My favorite ice cream (strawberry) matches me surprisingly well

My favourite is raspberry ripple, which isn't on the list, which is quite apt.

[mtmerrick]

Mr favorite is cookies and cream. Though I also love me some peanut butter cup ice cream as well.

So... I love one night stands but am otherwise unclassifiable? IDK if i like what that says about me... (and I'm not sure it's accurate either)

[Thrudd]

What does it say if you are lactose intolerant? 

[bhtooefr]

God damnit, I don't even have a real doll.

In any case, if you're lactose intolerant, the following things apply:

Masturbation
Lesbian sex

(Sno-cones/shaved ice, and rainbow sherbet.)

[Zebediah]

If you're lactose-intolerant, you're a prude. 

Last ice cream I had was maple walnut, which isn't even close to anything on the list. You be the judge.

[cesium133]

Well, there is Black Walnut, which is bestiality. 

[ankhtahr]

If you're lactose-intolerant, you're a prude. 

Last ice cream I had was maple walnut, which isn't even close to anything on the list. You be the judge.

The last ice cream decides, and not the favourite one? That worries me. A lot. Last time I had ice cream was warm, and I wanted something refreshing with fruit, so I went for lemon.

[GarandMarine]

Lactose Intolerance is doomed to die a virgin trapped in a terrible romance anime. Welcome to hell.

[Akima]

If you're lactose-intolerant, you're a prude. 

Considering that about 98% of the Thai population is lactose-intolerant, that seems unlikely.

[Method of Madness]

Seriously? That sucks.

[Is it cold in here?]

Drinking another species's milk in adulthood is a little weird biologically.

[GarandMarine]

As long as ice cream and cheese exist I refuse to acknowledge such hateful statements IITCIH

[Method of Madness]

Drinking another species's milk in adulthood is a little weird biologically.

Drinking your own species's milk in adulthood is what's weird. Why would drinking another species's milk be weirder than eating its muscles?

IITCIH

Google and UD were useless.

[Is it cold in here?]

Abbreviation for my username.

I can think of lots of examples of animals eating other animals's muscles and organs, but drinking their milk?

[Method of Madness]

Oh, ok. I think the extra letter threw me off. And yeah, I guess it IS unusual. But that doesn't mean it doesn't suck that some people can't do it.

[Carl-E]

We have some pretty bizarre abilities when it comes to adaptations.  Food's just part of it. 

Plenty of animals make their homes / nests.  We have architecture and interior design. 

Many animals migrate for more comfortable living conditions.  We have heat and central air. 

Many animals travel great distances.  We used other animals to travel, then invented vehicles. 

Our adaptations tend to go the extra mile.  That includes food - if it can be made edible, we'll eat it! 


Hell, even if it can't, we'll find a way...

[TinPenguin]

Hell, even if it ca't, we'll find a way...

Milk's one thing, but I think some people draw the line at eating cat.

[Carl-E]

typo fixed, expect new typo in three... two...  won...



BTW, why won't this thread die?

[Mr_Rose]

You want a weird adaptation?
Plenty of species have external digestion; flies, fungi and bacteria being the principal proponents.
Humans however are, thus far, unique in having partial external digestion as a cultural artefact; we call it cooking.

[Akima]

Seriously? That sucks.

In much of the world, and certainly in East and South East Asia, it is the continued ability to digest lactose beyond childhood that is unusual. You milk-drinkers are the mutants. Literally. I am lactose-intolerant, as are about 95% of Chinese people. Ice-cream lovers of the world should consider themselves fortunate that they don't have to compete with with us!

[J]

if i recall correctly, the mutation for lactose tolerance is known to have occurred 4 times, independently in separate human populations around the world. in each case this was followed by a massive population boom, as consuming milk allowed for better nutrition into adulthood.